A month’s worth of silly 911 calls

After two reports this week of people calling 911 for non-emergencies, here’s a roundup of other silly 911 calls that have cropped up of late, along with a few all-time favorites.

Smokeless

On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that a woman in North Texas called 911 to request that Hood County deputies bring her some cigarettes. The woman was reportedly intoxicated.

Bedtime woes

In Massachusetts, a 10-year-old boy called 911 after 8 p.m. Wednesday night to report his mother, because he didn’t want to go to bed, the AP reports.

Toddler fun

A California mom faces up to a year in prison after her 1-year-old daughter called 911 a total of 16 times from her cell phone, Fresno TV station KSEE 24 reports. The mom told authorities she kept her phone locked, but emergency dispatchers received seven calls from the toddler last Thursday and nine more before that, dating back to January.

Tech support

A Florida man who said he was trying to call 611 for phone tech support actually dialed 911 several times, ABC Action News reported last week. When deputies arrived at his house, they discovered a marijuana grow operation, and the man was arrested and charged with cultivation.

Drunk-dialing

An Ohio woman called 911 earlier this month to report that she was drunk, Westlake Patch reports. The woman told the operator she was an alcoholic, a bad person and didn’t deserve help. She was arrested for disorderly conduct.

Learning the ropes

A blind man in Florida was playing around with is new phone when he accidentally called 9-1-1 earlier this month, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. When deputies arrived to address any possible emergencies, they found the man’s brother, a wanted fugitive who then engaged deputies in a four-hour standoff before he was arrested.

Argument with wife

A Colorado man called 911 to complain that his wife was accusing him of molesting a little girl. He was later arrested and charged with sexual assault of a child, Fox 31 Denver reports.

Plumbing issues

Authorities in Ontario showed up last week to arrest a man who called 911 repeatedly about his broken toilet, TheProvince.com reports.

Meanest parents ever

According to the Albuquerque Journal, New Mexico teenager called 911 last month to report abuse after her parents took away her phone and Facebook privileges, thus ensuring that she would not be getting such privileges back any time soon.

Full-time job

A Florida man has called 911 more than 1,200 times in the last two months, from an unregistered cell phone. The man would sometimes ramble on and other times would not speak at all, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reported. Undercover deputies tracked the man via GPS and conducted surveillance to arrest him on Feb. 13.

Mystery date

A Canadian man became so upset over being stood up by his date in January, he called 911 and asked police to track the woman down and find out why she stood him up, according to this report from Fox News.

Texas legends

Texas has no shortage of strange 911 calls, according to this report in the Star-Telegram.

In 2009, a Kerrville woman called 911 to report that her husband wouldn’t eat his supper. And, in 2004, a Tyler caller told emergency dispatchers all about a violent scene in a movie rented from Blockbuster.

McNugget shortage

In one of the most memorable non-emergency emergency calls, a Florida woman called 911 three times in 2009 to complain that her McDonald’s restaurant had run out of Chicken McNuggets.

Terrible drive-thru service

2009 was a good year for fast-food 911 calls in Florida. A man in Boynton Beach called police when he was told by a Burger King employee that the restaurant did not have lemonade.